Dear Friends, Last month Joe DioGuardi and I were invited by Xheladin Zeneli to be part of a panel discussing the publication of his book, Diaspora dhe Vendlindja. ZeneIi was the first Albanian elected to the Montenegrin Parliament after the collapse of communism in 1990, only to resign a year later because of Montenegro’s discriminatory policies against Albanians. In 2003, Zeneli participated in the first Congressional delegation to Albanian lands in Montenegro led by Tom Lantos under the auspices of the Albanian American Civic League. The release of his book gives us an opportunity to revisit the plight of Albanians in Montenegro and the history of the diaspora in responding to it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Speech by Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi, Balkan Affairs Adviser November 5, 2011, the Bronx, New York It is a pleasure to be here tonight, and I want to thank Xheladin Zeneli for taking the time to write his book, Diaspora
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